'The Private Lives of Pippa Lee'

Screen Media Films

Screen Media Films

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Robin Wright Penn and Blake Lively ("Gossip Girl") share the title role in this drama, Pippa being a woman thrust into a midlife crisis by her much-older husband's ( Alan Arkin) decision that they should relocate to a retirement home. Her rebellion unlocks memories of her colorful past  a cue for flashbacks that feature Lively  and a liaison with a younger man. Julianne Moore, Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Maria Bello and Monica Bellucci also are in writer-director Rebecca Miller's impressive cast. *** (R: AS, N, P) (Also on Blu-ray)